Gruesser, John Cullen

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GRUESSER, John Cullen

GRUESSER, John Cullen. American, b. 1959. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, lecturer in English, 1982-84; Purdue University-Calumet, visiting assistant professor of English, 1989-90; Kean College of New Jersey, Union, professor of English, 1990-. Publications: White on Black: Contemporary Literature about Africa, 1992; The Unruly Voice: Rediscovering Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, 1996; Black on Black: Twentieth-Century African American Literature about Africa, 2000. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to literature journals. Address: Department of English, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ 07083, U.S.A.